US 12,108,551 B2
Electronic device including hinge structure
Iksu Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jinho Lim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,566.
Application 17/735,566 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005905, filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0058354 (KR), filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361350 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0226 (2013.01) [F16C 11/04 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a sensor module including a sensor, the sensor module disposed in the first housing; and
a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the hinge structure includes:
a first rotary member connected to the first housing and configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation together with the first housing;
a second rotary member connected to the second housing and configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation together with the second housing;
a first arm member coupled to and rotatable about a first arm shaft, the first arm member configured to operate in conjunction with rotation of the first rotary member, wherein a rotational axis of the first arm shaft is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis of rotation;
a second arm member coupled and rotatable about a second arm shaft, the second arm member configured to operate in conjunction with rotation of the second rotary member, wherein a rotational axis of the second arm shaft is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the second axis of rotation; and
a magnet assembly including a magnet, the magnet assembly disposed on the first arm member such that at least a portion of the magnet assembly faces the sensor, and
wherein a distance between the magnet and the sensor in the first housing is changed in response to rotation of the first housing and the second housing.